Punch In vs TimeBlocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Punch In
This efficient work timer helps you track your work time seamlessly. It runs quietly in the background, allowing you to focus on tasks while managing projects, clients, and time entries with ease. Easily archive, lock, or delete projects as needed.
- Background time tracking
- Project and client management
- Easy time entry adjustments
- Project archiving and locking
- Customizable notifications
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Use Punch In to make time tracking less time consuming. A simple and efficient worktimer made to help you keep track of your work. Punch In runs smoothly in the background, notifies you if you wish, while you focus on what you do best. Combine projects with clients, easily add or remove time, ability to change start date, archive, lock or delete your projects in a breeze. Less really is more.
TimeBlocks
This app helps you understand how your time is spent by quickly logging activities with category selections. It provides a visual overview of your day and week, revealing patterns to ensure your time aligns with your priorities and responsibilities.
- Quickly log activities with category selection
- Review daily timeline at a glance
- Visualize weekly time patterns
- Organize time with custom categories
- Support for flexible work hours and split shifts
- Sync across iPhone and Mac
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TimeBlocks helps you answer a simple but important question: Is my time reflecting my mission? Throughout your schedule, lightweight prompts let you record what you are doing with a quick category selection. Over time, those entries create an honest picture of where your attention is going—so you can see whether your days align with your priorities, responsibilities, and the work that matters most. Use TimeBlocks to: • Capture activities without starting and stopping timers • Review today’s timeline at a glance • See patterns across your week in a visual grid • Organize time using categories that fit your work and mission • Choose workdays and flexible work hours, including split shifts • Keep your TimeBlocks account in sync across iPhone and Mac Personal studies are free. If your organization invites you to a team study, sign in with that invitation to participate; your organizer purchases and manages team-study seats on our website. Invited participants do not pay in the app. Built as a mirror, not surveillance. TimeBlocks never watches your screen, records apps or keystrokes, or grades you on “productivity.” You choose what to log. You interpret the pattern. Capture on iPhone when you’re away from your desk. Sync with Mac. Review on the web when you need distance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TimeBlocks at 5.0 against Punch In's 4.7. TimeBlocks also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Punch In's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimeBlocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Punch In ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeBlocks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Punch In | TimeBlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kidpilot | Ryan Hinkle |
Customer experience
Punch In
TimeBlocks
In-app purchases
Punch In
No in-app purchases
TimeBlocks
No in-app purchases









